Raiza Deyto RN, BSN, has become the first CU College of Nursing student accepted into the Center for COMBAT Research Scholar Program. Established in 2019, the program is designed to promote and foster collaborative and military-relevant research on the CU Anschutz Medical Campus.
A national summit hosted by the CU Anschutz Center for Combat Medicine and Battlefield (COMBAT) Research and the CU Anschutz Firearm Injury Prevention Initiative brought together military and civilian stakeholders from around the United States in person to the CU Anschutz Campus to share research, strategies, and messaging for addressing and preventing firearm suicide in the military
The University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus and the Defense Health Agency (DHA) signed an official Educational Partnership Agreement on May 18. The agreement will facilitate collaborations between military personnel and CU, including joint research, internships and ongoing relationships with DHA experts.
Adit Ginde, MD, already had a hunch that most hospitalized trauma patients were receiving too much oxygen, but when the U.S Department of Defense came to the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus looking for solutions to problems around battlefield oxygen, he saw the chance to put his theory to the test.
Humans can expect more widespread sickness, injuries and disease from a changing climate. Healthcare is accordingly coalescing around the idea that we need to upgrade our medical training programs to address climate — and even train “climate doctors.” Dr. Jay Lemery discusses patient-centered policies to advocate for climate action.
The University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus has been designated an Age-Friendly University for its leadership in research, education and care for older adults. The recognition is part of an international effort endorsed by the Academy for Gerontology in Higher Education (AGHE) to create more programs, policies and opportunities for an aging population.
Dr. Ginde played a major role in the design and oversight of a large trial testing whether IV Remdesivir (an inhibitor of SARS-CoV-2 that is used in hospitalized patients) might prevent subsequent hospitalization for high-risk patients with COVID-19.
In 2018, a single-center randomized trial suggested that clinicians should routinely change their approach to airway management to use a bougie (long, thin, introducer aid) when intubating. Led by Drs. Trent and Ginde, and by Michelle Howell, RN, CU was one of the most robust contributors of data.
The Multi-Center IVY Network (led at CU by Adit Ginde) recently showed dramatic decreases in COVID disease severity for people with breakthrough infections (symptomatic disease after COVID vaccination) relative to unvaccinated patients. The results were significant across a wide array of patient characteristics, and time from vaccination.
CU Denver | Anschutz Medical Campus is recognized as a Hispanic-Serving Institution, an important recognition of CU Anschutz's commitment to educating a diverse student body of future leaders in medicine and health.
Since female physicians are training during their prime reproductive years, infertility is not an uncommon problem. In the US, infertility affects an estimated 1 in 8 women, but for female doctors, it's 1 in 4. Covid has made a tough situation worse.